If you're an existing Windows XP user, Microsoft has a deal for you. Microsoft is offering $100 off Windows 8 PCs if you go into a Microsoft store and say you want to make the switch. What's the catch? The deal is limited to certain computers and those computers have to cost at least $599.

4. This simple app will help you navigate public transit more efficiently

Israeli-based startup Ototo is hoping to use data and user smartphones to make public transportation a little easier to navigate. How does it work? The app saves your favorite destinations and lets you find a route in two taps. The app will also track your stops so you know how close you are to your final spot.

5. Microsoft admitted to reading a journalist's email and is changing policy

A spokesperson from Microsoft admitted employees from the company had tapped into a journalist's Hotmail account and read emails while investigating a leak. Now, Microsoft is tightening their privacy and searching policies to confine any searches “to the matter under investigation and not search for other information”.

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